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Mariner buying up in Germany

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2007
Mariner has acquired four premium office buildings in Germany, ahead of the launch of a Mariner German Property Trust later this year. The four buildings, located in Berlin, Kassel, Nuremburg and Ashheim-Dornach, represent the company's first venture ...

Big is better, but not best

A new study on economies of scale has found that members of mega funds receive better service and pay lower fees than small to mid-size super funds, but that doesn't necessarily spell the end of super funds with assets below the billion dollar mark. ...

Time for Aussies to go global with property: APN

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2007
The time has come for Australian investors to tap into global property opportunities with the asset class becoming truly globalised, according to APN Funds Management. Mike Doble, director of Retail for APN Funds Management, said that Australian investors ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2007
The victory of the Iemma government in NSW over the weekend is said to be a boost to the ethanol and clean coal industries, wireless broadband providers, the transport industry and sections of the engineering and construction industries. The $310 climate ...

CMC hires ex-AMP FP head

Contracts for difference (CFD) provider CMC Markets Asia Pacific has appointed a former head of AMP Financial Planning (AMP FP) to lead the group's distribution functions. CFD trading, a type of derivatives trading popular in the UK, was first launched ...

CBA fin services firing on all cylinders

In a detailed wealth management update today, the heads at Commonwealth Bank's wealth management arm announced a raft of good news, a better fund manager remuneration scheme and the launch of a new margin lending tool. The bank's financial services ...

ALP's broadband funding comes under fire

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2007
The Federal Labor Opposition has come under fire for its plan to build a high speed broadband fibre to the node (FTTN) network covering 98 per cent of the population, with the $4.7 billion dollar project to be bankrolled by the Future Fund's remaining ...

Praemium expands SMA reach into UK with Capita

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2007
Managed accounts technology provider Praemium, through its UK subsidiary, has signed a deal with Capita to offer separately managed accounts (SMAs) to UK independent financial advisers, wealth managers and financial institutions. SMAs are like super ...

Hybrid property funds up 400 per cent

The hybrid property funds sector has grown into a $6 billion industry in the past two years, a massive 400 per cent increase, according to property investment research firm Managed Investment Assessments (MIA). MIA director Anton Lawrence said that ...

Opportunities in China twice that of India: survey

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2007
A survey of money managers attending the Asia Funds Form conference found that 41 per cent believe China is the best opportunity in the region, more than twice the 18 per cent who believe the best opportunities are in India. Fourteen per cent believe ...